Dear Colleagues,

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the second edition of the Special Issue: Applied Catalysis in Chemical Industry: Synthesis, Catalyst Design, and Evaluation. The significant economic and strategic importance of catalysis makes it a rapidly evolving field. In the face of the present day’s significant challenges, it is essential to acquire fundamental knowledge about the structures and phenomena of the surfaces of catalysts as well as the relationships between the composition, synthesis method, properties, and performance of catalysts in industrial processes. Research is still needed to improve existing catalysts or design new systems which may efficiently and selectively conduct a given reaction toward the desired product.

This Special Issue is devoted to the design and characterization of heterogeneous catalytic systems for industrial chemical processes. The aim is to collect papers presenting the current state of knowledge, indicating areas requiring further research, and showing the direction of ongoing development work. Contributions in the form of original research articles, short communications, perspective articles, and review articles reflecting the progress in the proposed topics are welcome. The main focus will be on comprehensive experimental studies of synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of catalyst performance in industrial processes. The proposed topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• methane conversion;
• water–gas shift reaction;
• ammonia synthesis;
• ammonia decomposition;
• ammonia oxidation;
• carbon oxides methanation;
• selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides;
• N₂O decomposition;
• hydrogen production processes.

The scope also includes an investigation of catalysts under conditions close to the industrial ones, a comparison of the studied catalytic systems with the currently operating commercial systems, and a demonstration of the validity of their application in a given chemical process.

Dr. Magdalena Zybert
Guest Editor

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• industrial chemistry
• nanomaterials
• heterogeneous catalyst
• catalyst synthesis
• catalyst characterization
• catalyst design
• catalyst deactivation
• catalyst testing
• catalysts synthesis scale-up
• kinetic studies
• modeling and simulation of catalytic reactors